God's Unfailing Purpose: The Message of Daniel

by Michael Barrett

Publisher:

Ambassador

, 2003

Overview

Where is God?

This is often the question of skeptics, scoffers, and even troubled souls. Trials and tribulations of one sort or another crowd our personal lives, while corruption, conflict, and catastrophe command the world scene. Indeed, where is God in all of this?

Asking the question is fair enough; answering demands caution.God’s Unfailing Purpose: The Message of Daniel is a cautious and biblical answer to that question. This book focuses on the heavenly throne from which God rules according to his perfect will and unchangeable, unfailing purpose. God is in absolute control of all things: the big issues of the world, as well as the seemingly bigger issues of our lives. Daniel’s view of history and prophecy shows that God’s kingdom is coming and that God’s will is being done on earth as certainly as it is in heaven. Daniel’s message is simply, “Not to worry—everything is under control.”

Key Features

• Discusses the absolute and supreme sovereignty of God through the story of Daniel
• Examines time from a biblical perspective
• Focuses on how the theology of time centers on the divine work of providence

Contents

• Daniel: Just the Facts
• Daniel: More Facts about the Man
• The Glue and the Goal: Interpreting Time
• The Final Four + One (Part 1)
• The Final Four + One (Part 2)
• Approaching the Fullness of Time: The Opposition
• Approaching the Fullness of Time: The Christ
• Up Close and Personal

Top Highlights

“he remained pure in a place where sinning was easy.” (Page 32)

“All of time and all that happens in time from the past to the present to the future are the prerogative of the one true, living and only sovereign God. Not even the most powerful kingdoms of earth own their own destinies.” (Page 53)

“As so often occurs in sinful abandonment, the sins of the flesh express themselves in sacrilege against God.” (Page 149)

“Faith must resolve the constant tension between experience and truth.” (Page 2)

“Daniel skips from Intertestamental opposition to eschatological opposition without warning or clue” (Page 110)

Product Details

• Title: God’s Unfailing Purpose: The Message of Daniel
• Author: Michael P. V. Barrett
• Publisher: Ambassador-Emerald
• Publication Date: 2003
• Pages: 208

About Michael Barrett

Michael Paul Vernon Barrett (born September 18, 1949) is the author of Beginning at Moses: A Guide to Finding Christ in the Old Testament, God’s Unfailing Purpose: The Message of Daniel, and Complete in Him: A Guide to Understanding and Enjoying the Gospel. He is academic dean and professor of Old Testament at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. He is a minister in the Free Presbyterian Church of North America, and was formerly president of Geneva Reformed Seminary. Converted to Christianity as a child, he was called to ministry early in his college career at Bob Jones University. He earned his doctorate in Old Testament Text at BJU with a special focus on Semitic languages.